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Private equity profits from climate disaster clean-up – while investing in fossil fuels
A new study shows disaster restoration workers, mostly refugees and immigrants, are poorly protected as top firms "pad their pockets by cutting costs."
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‘A silent killer’: How saltwater intrusion is overtaking coastal farmland in the US
As hurricanes get stronger, storm surges are bringing saltwater to farmland—and leaving salt there once waters evaporate.
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UN warns the world is ‘not on track’ to meet global climate targets
"Carbon emissions? Still climbing. Rich countries' finance commitments? Delinquent."
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Parts of the world have already grown too hot for human survival
Even more areas will face such conditions as the planet continues to warm from fossil fuel combustion.
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Mobile homes could be a climate solution. So why don’t they get more respect?
We like to denigrate manufactured housing, but new units are better for the environment.
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Environmentalists sue Utah for failing to protect the shrinking Great Salt Lake
Researchers warn that the lake may disappear in five years if water loss continues at current rates.
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![Two people are seen in a vast tract of Amazon rainforest that has been cleared of trees.]()
![Two people are seen in a vast tract of Amazon rainforest that has been cleared of trees.]()
Amazon deforestation continues to plummet
“This shows how an election can change the fate of the Amazon.”
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This California high school includes sustainability and green jobs in its curriculum
An increasing number of high schools are offering class credit for climate action.
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![A caribou herd roams across the tundra in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.]()
![A caribou herd roams across the tundra in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.]()
Biden bars oil drilling across a wide swath of Alaska’s Arctic
The moves would cancel Trump-era oil leases in ANWR and protect millions of acres on the North Slope from drilling.
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![A person kneels beneath a tree as the sun dips below the horizon after a hot day in Missouri.]()
![A person kneels beneath a tree as the sun dips below the horizon after a hot day in Missouri.]()
The planet just sizzled through the hottest summer on record
Scientists have long warned that scorching summers — marked by heat waves, freak storms, and drought — could become the norm.
